How to cook nutritious porridge for babies to 12 months old

It is important when learning how to cook porridge for a baby to know the principles to remember. Based on that, mothers can combine many ingredients and still be delicious and qualified.

Principle of baby food

Basic rules:

Feed your baby a little to a lot, from thin to thick, fine to coarse, from one kind to many.

The type of food in a meal is increased when the baby's health and digestive system are normal.

When you first learn to eat, you need to cook liquid powder , from the 9th month your baby can practice eating grated porridge and then switch to solid porridge.

Number of meals per day:

Children eat many meals a day. Strictly follow a proper feeding schedule.

At first, complementary feeding can give children many meals. For example 6 meals, each meal spaced more than 2 hours apart. In these 6 meals, 3 meals of milk and 3 meals of thin porridge can be fed. Then gradually withdrawn to 5 meals, 2 meals, 3 meals of thick porridge. Then proceeded to only eat 2 meals of solid porridge a day. After eating porridge can give your baby more milk if the baby still craves to breastfeed.

From 6 months of age, energy from breast milk is only enough to provide about 450kcal / day. Meanwhile, children need about 700kcal / day at this stage.

Food for children to eat

When children first eat, they should only eat pork tenderloin, fish, fruit, 3/4 egg yolks. Then gradually increase other foods from 7 months.

Foods should be rich in energy and nutritious. Especially need to feed children the following substances:

Iron

Zinc

Calcium

Vitamins A, C

Folates (abundant in foods of animal origin (pork, beef, chicken ...), seafood (shrimp, crab, fish, ...), milk ...

Baby food should be clean and safe, without the following factors:

Pathogens (free of pathogenic bacteria or other harmful organisms)

Harmful chemicals or poisons

Bones (fish need meat removal, shrimps need to be drunk, minced, cut beard)

Hard pieces can hurt your baby.

Spices hot, spicy, salty.

The secret to choosing food to cook porridge for your baby to eat

How to cook nutritious and quality porridge for babies is based on food square. Breastmilk is the center of the food square, surrounded by four foods containing carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals.

Basic food: Consists of cereals and potatoes. For children in the weaning age, only rice is needed to make porridge for children.

Foods that provide protein: Meat, fish, eggs, shrimp, crab, and beans. Protein in the body plays a very important role in the body. Therefore, protein is required in the daily diet. Proteins of animal origin have a higher nutritional value. Because in the daily diet of children need to pay more attention to protein of animal origin.

Foods with vitamins and mineral salts: vegetables, fruits. Vitamins and mineral salts are essential substances involved in most metabolic processes. In addition, this group also provides fiber that helps accelerate waste out of the digestive tract. Vegetables help children prevent constipation, creating conditions for beneficial bacteria to develop.

High-energy foods: Oil, butter, fat, peanuts, sugarcane, sugar. Lipids are involved in the structure of tissues, cell composition and endothelium. It protects the body from external factors, dissolves and transports oil-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K).

How to cook porridge for babies to eat

When the baby is new

In addition to breastmilk, 1 day for children to eat 1 meal of 5% dilute porridge includes:

Pork powder: 200ml

Water: 200ml

Rice flour: 5g

Minced pork: 10g

Green vegetables: 10g

Cooking oil: 3g

Every day, children can drink 20ml of fruit juice or crushed fruit.

For children 7-8 months

At this stage, the child has teeth, needs to practice the baby's chewing reflex, so the porridge bowl does not need to be pureed. In addition to breastmilk, give children 2 meals a day of 10% porridge with 200ml each.

Rice flour: 10g

Water: 200ml

Minced pork: 10g

Green vegetables: 10g

Cooking oil: 5g

Give your child an extra 40ml of fruit.

For children 9-12 months old: 

In addition to breastmilk, children need to eat 3 10% porridge a day, 200ml each

Rice flour: 10g

Water: 200ml

Minced pork: 10g

Green vegetables: 10g

Cooking oil: 5g

In addition, let your child drink 60ml of fruit.

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